Georgics

Virgil

Vergil. The Poems of Vergil. Rhoades, James, translator. London: Oxford University Press, 1921.

  1. The moon herself in various rank assigns
  2. The days for labour lucky: fly the fifth;
  3. Then sprang pale Orcus and the Eumenides;
  4. Earth then in awful labour brought to light
  5. Coeus, Iapetus, and Typhoeus fell,
  6. And those sworn brethren banded to break down
  7. The gates of heaven; thrice, sooth to say, they strove
  8. Ossa on Pelion's top to heave and heap,
  9. Aye, and on Ossa to up-roll amain
  10. Leafy Olympus; thrice with thunderbolt
  11. Their mountain-stair the Sire asunder smote.
  12. Seventh after tenth is lucky both to set
  13. The vine in earth, and take and tame the steer,
  14. And fix the leashes to the warp; the ninth
  15. To runagates is kinder, cross to thieves.